What's on today
on the spiritual matter of art
An exhibition dedicated to those artistic paths that seek another dimension, of absolute, between universal, material and immaterial, immanent and transcendent.
Gio Ponti. Loving architecture
40 years on from his death, MAXXI is dedicating a major retrospective to him that studies and presents his versatility, starting out with an account of his architecture.
At Home. Projects for contemporary housing
A review that ranges from the low-cost housing projects of the post-war years to new experimental and sustainable ways of inhabiting the planet
Altan. Pimpa, Cipputi e altri pensatori
Il mondo di Altan raccontato con disegni originali, poster, illustrazioni, quadri, schizzi, tavole, libri e filmati.
Alessandro Valeri. An Iron Ring
An island of tolerance in the foster home of Tzippori, Nazareth: a story told through video, images and site-specific installation.
KKL Italia Onlus Mano nella Mano
«Mi ha colpito come tutti si tengano per mano – racconta Carlo Mogiani – sempre in ogni vicolo, in ogni piazza, si cammina mano nella mano».
Municipio Creativo Contest di Street Art
Sei residente o domiciliato a Roma? Hai tra i 14 e i 35 anni? Partecipa al contest di Street Art promosso dal Municipio II di Roma.
Municipio Creativo Contest di Cortometraggi
Sei residente o domiciliato a Roma? Hai tra i 14 e i 35 anni? Partecipa al contest di Cortometraggi promosso dal Municipio II di Roma.
The Independent summit. FRIENDSHIP | SOLIDARITY | ALLIANCES
For The Independent’s research project fifth anniversary, MAXXI calls a summit to explore the power of friendship, solidarity and alliances.
Architecture, silence and light. Louis Kahn in the...
A focus show on the architecture of Louis Kahn through the photographs of Roberto Schezen.
Videogallery. Becoming a Collective Body
7 artists translate outside the art world’s emancipation into performative actions and film experiments.
Upcoming
Gio Ponti e le arti con Francesca Zanella
Quattro incontri per conoscere la poliedrica attività di Ponti, dall'architettura al design, all'insegnamento e l'editoria, dalla decorazione alla scenografia.
Giornata della Memoria 2020
Tramandare la memoria collettiva perché le nuove generazioni siano “testimoni dei testimoni”.
Gio Ponti. Loving architecture
A guided tour of the exhibition "Gio Ponti. Loving architecture".
From At Home to Casa Baldi
A unique tour starting from the At Home exhibit to the iconic Casa Baldi.
La convivenza degli opposti
Tre incontri per riflettere sulla spiritualità e indagare in dialogo tra il visibile e invisibile, tra quello che pensiamo e ciò che sentiamo. In occasione "della materia spirituale dell'arte".
Art collections
The collections of the MAXXI art present themselves as a strong nucleus that witnesses the national and international artistic production
Architecture collections
The MAXXI Architettura collections comprise all those artefacts and documents that, in various ways, represent the material and conceptual complexity of architecture.
Architecture Archives Centre
The Centro Archivi curates and manages the MAXXI's architecture collections and provides the possibility, inside the Sala Studio, to directly consult the documents and database of its twentieth and twenty-first century collections.
Biographies
Virtual tour with Google Street View
Membership
Choose the membership programme that meets your needs: a whole year of advantages awaits!
Donations
Support
contemporary
creativity
5x1000
Donate your Cinque per Mille to the MAXXI Foundation
Industrial Design con Domitilla Dardi e Perry King
Carlo Scarpa hall – € 5
carnet for three meetings € 10
10 individual seats free and reserved for myMAXXI cardholders by writing to mymaxxi@fondazionemaxxi.it, by the day before the event
Three meetings dedicated to advertising graphics, interior design, product design, and all creatives who have made the image of the Ivrea factory famous throughout the world.
The third cycle of the project created in collaboration with the Adriano Olivetti Foundation comes to the MAXXI. In the panorama of Italian and world industry, Adriano’s Olivetti has become the emblem of Made in Italy, and stands out for its corporate style based on technological excellence, innovation, quality, and design, respect for the market but also its strong commitment to art and culture, to sensitivity towards social problems and the constant improvement of the relationship with employees and the territory, in an extraordinary balance between design, society, and technology.
Industrial design
with Domitilla Dardi
After the launch of the first portable typewriter in 1932 with the name MP1, Olivetti quickly earned notable international fame and the “Lettera 22” – planned by Giuseppe Beccio and designed by Marcello Nizzoli in 1950 – was awarded with the Golden Compass in 1954 and was selected in 1959 by the Illinois Technology Institute as the best product in terms of design of the last 100 years, and became part of the permanent collections of the MOMA in New York. It was the first time that in Italy design and aesthetics were introduced as fundamental aspects of an industrial product.
In 1955, when Olivetti commissioned Ettore Sottsass to design the ELEA 9003, the first fully transistorised processor in the world, he wrote the most important page of the relationship between industrial designers and planners, thus starting a long history of excellence and innovation that would never have equals in the world, but only followers.
Introduction
Margherita Guccione MAXXI Architettura Director
Beniamino de’ Liguori Carino General Secretary of the Adriano Olivetti Foundation
Speakers
Domitilla Dardi design curator for the MAXXI Architettura
Domitilla Dardi is the curator for the MAXXI design, teacher of Design History in the three-year courses and in the Master Sector at the European Design Institute in Rome. From 2009 to 2015 she was a member of the Osservatorio sull’Editoria for the ADI selection of the Design Index – Golden Compass. Her books include Manuale di Storia del Design (with Vanni Pasca), Silvana Ed., 2019.
Other events of the Lezioni Olivettiane 2020 cycle
opening hours
TUESDAY 11:00 am – 8:00 pm
WEDNESDAY 11:00 am – 7:00 pm
THURSDAY 11:00 am – 7:00 pm
FRIDAY 11:00 am – 8:00 pm
SATURDAY 11:00 am – 8:00 pm
SUNDAY 11:00 am – 7:00 pm
The ticket office is open until 1 hour before Museum closing.
CLOSING DAYS
Every Monday, 1 May, 25 December
Acquista intero ciclo Remind me
Other upcoming events
-
24 January 2020 - 25 January 2020
-
-
26 January 2020
-
26 January 2020
-
28 January 2020
Search
Select a date